Paper 3, Section II, I
Part II, 2012
For a surface , define what is meant by the exponential mapping exp at , geodesic polar coordinates and geodesic circles.
Let be the coefficients of the first fundamental form in geodesic polar coordinates . Prove that and . Give an expression for the Gaussian curvature in terms of .
Prove that the Gaussian curvature at a point satisfies
where is the area of the region bounded by the geodesic circle of radius centred at .
[You may assume that and is an isometry. Taylor's theorem with any form of the remainder may be assumed if accurately stated.]